We sell more books than periodicals (dollars this year: 55% books v 40% comics), so this is my favorite category! I believe this is a wonderfully amazingly diverse list of material sold.

First off, by pieces:

1

SAGA TP VOL 01

2

LOEG III CENTURY #3 2009

3

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 16 A LARGER WORLD

4

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE

5

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 15 WE FIND OURSELVES

6

MANHATTAN PROJECTS TP VOL 01 SCIENCE BAD

7

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 17 SOMETHING TO FEAR

8

DARTH VADER AND SON HC

9

LOVE AND ROCKETS NEW STORIES TP VOL 05

10

WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM TP VOL 01

11

ALAN MOORE NEONOMICON TP

MY FRIEND DAHMER SC

13

WATCHMEN TP

14

BATMAN YEAR ONE DELUXE SC

15

CHEW TP VOL 05 MAJOR LEAGUE CHEW

FABLES TP VOL 17 INHERIT THE WIND

HARK A VAGRANT HC

NINJAGO GN VOL 01 CHALLENGE OF SAMUKAI

PROPHET TP VOL 01 REMISSION

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 02 MILES BEHIND US

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 03 SAFETY BEHIND BARS

22

FLEX MENTALLO MAN OF MUSCLE MYSTERY DLX HC

OGLAF BOOK ONE

24

FATALE TP VOL 01 DEATH CHASES ME

25

HABIBI GN

RICHARD STARKS PARKER v3 THE SCORE

UNTERZAKHN GN

28

ARE YOU MY MOTHER A COMIC DRAMA HC

KING CITY TP

TRANSMETROPOLITAN TP VOL 01 BACK ON THE STREET

31

BATMAN EARTH ONE HC

BONE COLOR ED SC VOL 01 OUT FROM BONEVILLE

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 13 TOO FAR GONE

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 14 NO WAY OUT

Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 01 UNMANNED

36

NINJAGO GN VOL 02 MASK OF THE SENSEI

SANDMAN TP VOL 01 PRELUDES & NOCTURNES NEW ED

THE INFINITE WAIT

39

LOEG III CENTURY #2 1969

NINJAGO GN VOL 03 RISE O/T SERPENTINE

V FOR VENDETTA NEW EDITION TP (MR)

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 04 HEARTS DESIRE

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 12 LIFE AMONG THEM

44

CHEW TP VOL 04 FLAMBE

CHRIS WARE BUILDING STORIES HC

FROM HELL TP

GET JIRO HC

48

AMULET SC VOL 01 STONEKEEPER

AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP VOL 01 PROMISE PART 1

BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RETURNS TP (new $19.99 printing)

BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC

BLACKSAD SILENT HELL HC

CHEW TP VOL 01

CRIMINAL TP VOL 01 COWARD

GONZO A GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY OF HUNTER S THOMPSON

TRANSMETROPOLITAN TP VOL 02 LUST FOR LIFE NEW ED

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 11 FEAR THE HUNTERS

58

ANYAS GHOST GN

CHEW TP VOL 02 INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR

FABLES TP VOL 16 SUPER TEAM

HARVEY PEKAR CLEVELAND HC

HELLBOY TP VOL 12 THE STORM AND THE FURY

INVISIBLES TP #1 SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION

JERUSALEM CHRONICLES FROM THE HOLY CITY HC

NINJAGO GN VOL 04 TOMB O/T FANGPYRE

SCALPED TP VOL 09 KNUCKLE UP

67

AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER LOST ADVENTURES TP VOL 01

AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP VOL 02 PROMISE PART 2

BATMAN HC VOL 01 THE COURT OF OWLS

BATMAN HUSH COMPLETE TP

BATMAN KNIGHTFALL TP NEW ED VOL 01

BLANKETS GN

CHI SWEET HOME GN VOL 01

DMZ TP VOL 12 THE FIVE NATIONS OF NEW YORK

LOEG III CENTURY #1 1910

PREACHER TP VOL 01 GONE TO TEXAS NEW EDITION

UNWRITTEN TP VOL 05 ON TO GENESIS

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 05 BEST DEFENSE

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 10 WHAT WE BECOME

WALT DISNEY DONALD DUCK HC VOL 01 LOST I/T ANDES

81

ADVENTURE TIME TP VOL 01

BLACK HOLE COLLECTED SC NEW PTG

BOOK OF GENESIS ILLUS BY ROBERT CRUMB HC

BOYS TP VOL 10 BUTCHER BAKER CANDLESTICKMAKER

BPRD HELL ON EARTH TP VOL 02 GODS AND MONSTERS

DMZ TP VOL 11 FREE STATES RISING

FUN HOME TP

LOCKE & KEY TP VOL 01 WELCOME TO LOVECRAFT

LOEG VOL ONE TP

NOT THE ISRAEL MY PARENTS PROMISED ME GN

POLLY & PIRATES TP VOL 02

SCALPED TP VOL 01 INDIAN COUNTRY

WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM TP VOL 02

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 09 HERE WE REMAIN

95

BATMAN THE LONG HALLOWEEN TP NEW ED

BOYS TP VOL 11 OVER THE HILL W/T SWORDS OF A THOUSAND MEN

BPRD HELL ON EARTH TP VOL 03 RUSSIA

BTVS SEASON 9 TP FREEFALL

CHEW TP VOL 03 JUST DESSERTS

CORTO MALTESE TP VOL 01 BALLAD OF THE SALT SEA

DMZ TP VOL 01 ON THE GROUND

FABLES TP VOL 01 LEGENDS IN EXILE NEW ED

FABLES TP VOL 02 ANIMAL FARM

HELLBOY TP VOL 01 SEED OF DESTRUCTION

I SAW YOU COMICS INSPIRED BY REAL LIFE MISSED CONNECTIONS

JUSTICE LEAGUE HC VOL 01 ORIGIN

MONSTERS GN

PROMETHEA TP BOOK 01

SANDMAN TP VOL 04 SEASON OF MISTS NEW ED

SCALPED TP VOL 10 TRAILS END

SPY VS SPY TP DANGER INTRIGUE STUPIDITY

SWEET TOOTH TP VOL 01 OUT OF THE WOODS

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 06 SORROWFUL LIFE

WALT DISNEY UNCLE SCROOGE HC VOL 01 POOR OLD MAN

SAGA, dayum — I ain’t seen a book sell this well (ESPECIALLY since we MURDERED with the serialization) since when the WATCHMEN trailer hit the theater. We’re selling like 1.2 copies a day when an average TP collection is super lucky to turn one time a year. SAGA sold far more than 2x the #3 book.

Let’s sort the same chart by dollars sold:

1

WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM TP VOL 01

2

SAGA TP VOL 01 (BKV)

3

CHRIS WARE BUILDING STORIES HC

4

LOEG III CENTURY #3 2009

5

HABIBI GN

6

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 16 A LARGER WORLD

7

WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM TP VOL 02

8

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 15 WE FIND OURSELVES

9

FROM HELL TP

10

ALAN MOORE NEONOMICON TP

11

WATCHMEN TP

12

MANHATTAN PROJECTS TP VOL 01 SCIENCE BAD

13

FLEX MENTALLO MAN OF MUSCLE MYSTERY DLX HC

14

MY FRIEND DAHMER SC

15

RICHARD STARKS PARKER v3 THE SCORE

16

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 17 SOMETHING TO FEAR

17

HARK A VAGRANT HC

18

DARTH VADER AND SON HC

19

BATMAN EARTH ONE HC

20

ARE YOU MY MOTHER A COMIC DRAMA HC

21

UNTERZAKHN GN

22

LOVE AND ROCKETS NEW STORIES TP VOL 05

23

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE

24

OGLAF BOOK ONE

25

GET JIRO HC

26

KING CITY TP

27

INVISIBLES OMNIBUS HC

28

BATMAN YEAR ONE DELUXE SC

29

BLANKETS GN

30

BATMAN KNIGHTFALL TP NEW ED VOL 01

31

SANDMAN TP VOL 01 PRELUDES & NOCTURNES NEW ED

32

FABLES TP VOL 17 INHERIT THE WIND

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 02 MILES BEHIND US

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 03 SAFETY BEHIND BARS

35

V FOR VENDETTA NEW EDITION TP

36

FATALE TP VOL 01 DEATH CHASES ME

37

BATMAN HC VOL 01 THE COURT OF OWLS

BATMAN HUSH COMPLETE TP

39

CHEW TP VOL 05 MAJOR LEAGUE CHEW

40

BOOK OF GENESIS ILLUS BY ROBERT CRUMB HC

41

BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RETURNS TP (new $19.99 printing)

42

JERUSALEM CHRONICLES FROM THE HOLY CITY HC

43

TRANSMETROPOLITAN TP VOL 01 BACK ON THE STREET

44

HARVEY PEKAR CLEVELAND HC

45

WALT DISNEY DONALD DUCK HC VOL 01 LOST I/T ANDES

46

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 13 TOO FAR GONE

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 14 NO WAY OUT

Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 01 UNMANNED

49

NOT THE ISRAEL MY PARENTS PROMISED ME GN

50

WALT DISNEY UNCLE SCROOGE HC VOL 01 POOR OLD MAN

51

BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC

52

GONZO A GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY OF HUNTER S THOMPSON

53

BLACKSAD SILENT HELL HC

54

MAUS SURVIVORS TALE COMPLETE HC

55

100 BULLETS HC BOOK 02

56

INVISIBLES TP #1 SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION

57

ALL OVER COFFEE v2: EVERYTHING IS ITS OWN REWARD

58

THE INFINITE WAIT

59

BATMAN THE LONG HALLOWEEN TP NEW ED

JUSTICE LEAGUE HC VOL 01 ORIGIN

61

JOHN ROMITA AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ARTIST ED HC

62

BLACKSAD HC VOL 01

FEYNMAN GN

64

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 04 HEARTS DESIRE

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 12 LIFE AMONG THEM

66

CORTO MALTESE TP VOL 01 BALLAD OF THE SALT SEA

67

BEFORE THE INCAL CLASSIC COLL DLX HC

68

HELLBOY TP VOL 12 THE STORM AND THE FURY

69

WALKING DEAD HC VOL 01 NEW PTG

70

HOLY TERROR HC

Y THE LAST MAN DELUXE EDITION HC VOL 01

72

LOCKE & KEY TP VOL 01 WELCOME TO LOVECRAFT

73

CRIMINAL TP VOL 01 COWARD

TRANSMETROPOLITAN TP VOL 02 LUST FOR LIFE NEW ED

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 11 FEAR THE HUNTERS

76

PROPHET TP VOL 01 REMISSION

77

PREACHER TP VOL 01 GONE TO TEXAS NEW EDITION

78

BLACK HOLE COLLECTED SC NEW PTG

79

DMZ TP VOL 11 FREE STATES RISING

80

BATMAN KNIGHTFALL TP NEW ED VOL 02 KNIGHTQUEST

81

BONE COLOR ED SC VOL 01 OUT FROM BONEVILLE

82

ABSOLUTE DC THE NEW FRONTIER HC

TRANSIENT

84

HOUSE OF M TP

KICK-ASS 2 PREM HC

86

ANYAS GHOST GN

87

BLANKETS HC

88

CHEW TP VOL 04 FLAMBE

89

BOYS TP VOL 10 BUTCHER BAKER CANDLESTICKMAKER

SANDMAN TP VOL 04 SEASON OF MISTS NEW ED

91

KRAMERS ERGOT HC VOL 08

92

DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BATTLE OF TULL PREM HC

93

MADWOMAN O/T SACRED HEART GN

94

BPRD HELL ON EARTH TP VOL 02 GODS AND MONSTERS

95

FABULOUS FURRY FREAK BROTHERS OMNIBUS TP

96

AVENGERS CHILDRENS CRUSADE HC

97

ASTONISHING X-MEN WHEDON CASSADAY ULT COLL TP BOOK 01

DEADENDERS TP

MARVEL FIRSTS 1960S TP

OMEGA THE UNKNOWN PREM HC

Right: always interested to hear what you say…. how many of these do you own?

7 Responses to “
Comix Experience 2012 Best Sellers: Books ”

Saga is really damn good! But I see my favorite author can still come in at #2! Most of all, I’m encouraged by Love & Rockets coming in so high! Those two guys are at the top of their game and need to be mentioned in all the best ever discussions.

I’m sad Adventure Time came in so low as that’s my personal favorite comic. I bet it will sell more this year as it came out so late in the year.

You know what I’m MOST proud of, as I look at this list again? All of the kids comics on it. We have at least one (NINJAGO) in our Top 20, and, depending on your personal categorization, maybe in our Top 10 (DARTH VADER & SON is a big hit with 9 year olds, really… though, yeah, lotsa hipsters buying it)

And then I have like proper porno (OGLAF) in the top 25, plus only (am I counting right?) ten superhero GNs? (Well, 12, if you count BOYS and FLEX MENTALLO) (but not really)

You’re right, 81 isn’t low! It’s pretty cool it’s on the list at all. I was honestly thinking it was more the supply problem – I know the first 4 or 5 months I was having a very difficult time finding the single issues and every retailer I spoke to said they were having difficulty stocking it. Then the collection seemed to have come out near the end of the year, right? I know I only found it by accident when I was browsing the all ages section at Forbidden Planet in NYC.

What I definitely forgot to mention is something you pointed out…you have an unbelievably diverse amount of sales! I badly want to take a trip out to SF to visit your store as it sounds more and more like a dream. I mean, your best selling book is Saga! How cool is that? Plus, in your top 10, joining Saga is LOEG, Love & Rockets, and Darth Vader and Son! That shows you’re dedicated to quality books because I can’t imagine all those copies selling themselves!